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Klein Competition Commissioned Work PDFs and Recordings

Below are complete PDF versions of a number of unaccompanied works commissioned by the Klein Competition. The composers have generously granted permission so that we can offer these as a resource to string players, and the pieces may be downloaded and performed free of charge.

Please let us know if you’ll be performing a work in public, and if possible, please attribute the work as having been “commissioned by the Irving M. Klein International String Competition.”

For many of the works, a representative recording from the Klein Competition is also included.

Joel Hoffman

Commissioned composer in 2007 and 2009

Works Recordings
PDF Iconsquare one (violin) Jing Wang (1st Prize, 2007)
PDF IconAbbasare (viola)
PDF Iconunaccompanied minor (cello) Madeleine Kabat (3rd Prize, 2007)

Dick Hyman

Commissioned composer in 2010; courtesy of Eastlake Music, Inc. (ASCAP)

Works Recordings
PDF IconDecree (violin) Angelo Xiang Yu (2nd Prize, 2010)
PDF IconDescant (viola) Philip Kramp (4th Prize, 2010)
PDF IconDescent (cello) Taeguk Mun (3rd Prize, 2010)

Jeffrey Miller

Commissioned composer in 1999 and 2005

Works Recordings
PDF IconRecollection (viola) Frank Huang (1st Prize, 1999)
PDF IconBallade (viola)
PDF IconIridescence (cello) Mihai Marica (1st Prize, 2005)
PDF IconUmber (bass)

Elena Ruehr

Commissioned composer in 2011

Works Recordings
Klein Suite
(violin)
PDF IconI. Andante Mayumi Kanagawa (1st Prize, 2011)
PDF IconII. Allegro Mayumi Kanagawa (1st Prize, 2011)
Klein Suite
(viola)
PDF IconI. Andante
PDF IconII. Allegro
Klein Suite
(cello)
PDF IconI. Andante Matthew Allen (2nd Prize, 2011)
PDF IconII. Allegro Matthew Allen (2nd Prize, 2011)

Frank Stemper

Commissioned composer in 2008

Works Recordings
PDF IconIsolated Criteria
Single PDF for all instruments
 
Violin Tessa Lark (1st Prize, 2008)
Viola Emily Deans (4th Prize, 2008)
Cello Meta Weiss (Semifinalist, 2008; 3rd Prize, 2009)
Bass